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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Have you ever taken a personality test? Heard of the DISC
quiz?Remember Monty Hall and Lets Make
A Deal game show? My favorite part of the show was the game, “What’s In Your
Purse”.

With that in mind, lets have a little fun and look into the
personalities of 10 different stereotypes of those who craft, sew and
embroider.

1.The
Perfectionist

a.Well you know the kind; they are usually the
quiet ones who sit in the back of the classroom sewing at their own pace, slow
and steady.They are happy as a lark ‘cause
their seams are straighter than a quilting ruler!

i.What’s
in their purse?At any given
moment of glancing in their purse you will find a tape measure and a
categorized detailed spreadsheet of all the embroidery design they own, by
company with a sub category by themes.

2.The
Material Girl

a.She is a quilt shop’s BFF, owns at least 7
coordinates in every new fabric collection including an array of precuts, charm
packs, cake layers and jelly rolls.She
never uses any of her quilt shop fabrics, just saves them for a rainy day.She lives in the desert where it never rains.
She uses her “ugly” fabric to make gifts
because she doesn’t want to disrupt her pretty fabric collection. She is saving
it because you never know when the mood will strike to part with her pretties
or when she may find a friend worthy of breaking into her stash!

i.What’s
in their purse?Random acts of
kindness…opps I meant random scraps of fabricJ.

3.The
Getter’ Done

a.This is the girl who always finishes
everything!We don’t like her ;).She doesn’t even know what a UFO is.If you don’t know what that is let me spell
it out 4 ‘ya.

·U =
Unfinished (this should be a 4 letter word)

·F =
Fabric

·O =
Object

i.What’s
in their purse?She has a Swiss
Army zebra printed pocketknife that doubles as a heat burning tool and
rhinestone setter! Don’t let me forget to mention she carries Embroidery
Perfection Tape, safety pins and toothpicks.

4.The
Over-Achievers s Anonymous

a.You have probably sat by this type at a hands-on
sewing or quilting retreat.She is
always the first one done.Can’t stand
to have a nano-second of free time, needs to be doing something of value with
an endgame at all times. Frequently
asks, “What’s the next step” when no one has finished the first set of instructions.

i.What’s
in their purse?A small
quilt-covered steno pad To-do list with a matching ink pen embroidered cover
that she just whipped up last night!

5.The
Gadget Girl

a.Ohh how she loves to push buttons, any buttons
will do, in a car, on a phone, in a store, on a machine, in a house, or on a
roof.She loves technology and knows how
to use every single button on her brand new embroidery machine, without even
having to read the manual. Know someone like this???

i.What’s
in their purse?When you open
her purse you will find a Plenty-o-Pocket purse organizer insert so she can quickly
switch purses keeping all her contents organized.Yea I bought one, you want it LOL!I’m holding out for the lighted, lint self
cleaning version.

6.The
Gotta Have It Junkie

a.She owns 50 sewing machines, 30 sergers and 10
electronic die cutting machines and all of my machine embroidery designs.Hey, do ya’ll think she has any friends to
send my way?Seriously you need to
invite this girl to your next Sip & Sew Tea Party event!

i.What’s
in their purse?A flyer for the
new multi-needle embroidery machine that magically mops her floors while giving
her a pedicure and playing MP4 chick flicks.

7.The
Mooch

a.This is the student who comes to class and
always consistently “forgets” her thread, scissors, pins, Wonder Tape, pattern,
water soluble marker and looses her car keys before class over.She is not the least bit concerned, until she
can’t find her car keys. She borrows
from everyone, every time she comes to class.

i.What’s
in their purse?Can I get back
to you on that…that is when we can locate her purse!

8.The
Copy Cat

a.She loves to sew and embroider.Loves everyone’s projects and wants to make
one for herself and a friend.She is a
lovely person giving others the highest form of praise by wanting to copy each
project exactly as shown on the pattern using the same fabrics.This is why we make samples to hang in our
store.Samples sell!

i.What’s
in their purse?A small camera
and pocket record so she can take notes after she asks you what pattern that is
and what did you say was the name of the fabric you used?

9.The Party
Girl (Sip & Sew Tea Party)

a.No, not that kind of party.She goes to every team-style sewing event
again and again and loves every minute of each day.We are grateful for all the (sewing) Party
Girls.Rock On.

i.What’s
in their purse?A pack of gum and
family size bag of Twizzles, a toothbrush, dental floss and toothpaste, just incase
the speaker is long winded or she runs into lunch time!

10.The
Class Clown

a.Who doesn’t love a girl that laughs at her own
mishaps and can turn them into belly laughs, bringing smiles to everyone
around.Next time you see me in person, listen
for some of my stores. Not only are they funny, they are true, like the time
I…..

i.What’s
in their purse?Just about
everything, but don’t ask me, I mean HER
to find it right this second.My motto,
I mean HER motto is, “ORGANIZED
PEOPLE ARE TOO LAZY TO LOOK FOR IT”.BTW, I have a design for that.

Hope you had a few laughs while reading my story.Please hop on over to my webpage www.HopeYoder.com and browse our embroidery, sewing and die cutting
pattern collections.